The equatorial coordinate system is usually called geocentric
coordinates, which are declination and hour-angle, and the
horizontal system is called altitude and azimuth.
The two coordinate systems are tilted relative to one another by
23.4 degrees, the Earth's axial tilt, in the plane of the local
meridian of the observer.
As time passes, in geocentric coordinates the declination stays
the same while the hour angle increases at 15 degrees per hour. In
the horizontal system both coordinates change, with the altitude
increasing from zero as an object rises, then reaches its maximum
altitude when due south, and then it gradually sets in the
west.